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“Business Is VERY Good”: BET Founder Praises Trump Economy For Bringing African-Americans Back Into Labor Force (VIDEO)

In an interview with CNBC Friday, BET founder Robert Johnson praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy. When asked for his thoughts on the U.S.’s business climate, the African-American entrepreneur replied, it’s “very good.”

CNBC reports:

“When you look at that [January report], you have to say something is going right,” said Johnson, a Democrat and founder and chairman of The RLJ Cos.

“You have to take encouragement from what’s happening in the labor force and the job market,” Johnson told “Squawk Box.” “When you look at African-American unemployment, … you’ve never had African-American unemployment this low and the spread between African-Americans and whites narrowing.”

Johnson said that means the […]

 

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